Articles
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Last Call- Working Out of My Garage Edition
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Well, they say it pays to advertise. Image: Imgur
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The seven stages of greaser grief according to Hot Rod
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Friend of Hooniverse Elena Scherr is a gal that likes her cars old. She writes and does video work for Hot Rod, and her fleet of cars includes a particular blue Challenger that made an appearance on an episode of Top Gear (U.S.-version). Having an old car means having to work on an old car.…
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Video: Fahk yeh cahs, fahk yeh doors, and fahk you buddy
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Alternative titles… -Mr. Plow says “go to hell”-Boston plow man gets cranky when low on Dunkin Juice–The Departed 2: The Day Aftah Tamarrah–I love my job, I hate your life I’m originally from a town located right next to Boston (Hi Winthrop!). I moved away a little over 10 years ago, but I still love…
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The News for February 22nd, 2013
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Welcome to the Hooniverse News! This is a weekly recap of some of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or the bull. I also throw in a little opinion of mine, just because I can. This week, it’s more pre-Geneva Motor Show news: Bentley Flying Spur is all-new for 2014 Audi RS-ifies the…
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Mystery Car
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Red. . . I should have known it would be red. That was Mrs. White’s reaction to her daughter’s prom dress (which was actually pink, but you know, crazy) in the classic horror movie Carrie. Today’s Mystery Car is actually red, and while I doubt anyone’s waiting to dump a bucket of pig blood on…
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V.I.S.I.T. – Renault Dauphine
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Now here’s a Renault that wasn’t made in Kenosha, and one that some believe to be more attractive than the ones made there. This of course is the Renault Dauphine, which was made from 1956 till 1967. Before its debut in 1955 this project was known internally as the 5CV, and was intended to be…
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Hooniverse Asks- What's The Newest Car or Truck That you Consider to be a "Classic"?
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Certain words mean different things to different people, and in fact semantics can create a grey area in communication that can cause great confusion and kerfuffle. The clarification of meaning can also offer about the only viable out when trying to explain an ill conceived statement. One of the great grey areas of the automotive…
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Last Call- A-Well-A-Well-A Everybody's Heard About the Bird Edition
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Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all, And sweetest in the gale is heard; And sore must be the storm That could abash the little bird That kept so many warm. – Emily Dickinson Image: Imgur
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Are Supercars like Rock’n’roll Stars?
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When I was watching the Richard Hammond’s review of Pagani Huayra on TopGear, watched its out-of-this world aerodynamic features, the steam punk interior, obsessive attention to detail and strangely understated, yet magnificient design, it occurred to me that this it The supercar of our time. Yes, Richard Hammond said something similar just a few seconds…
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BoldRide introduces an interesting discussion piece, starts off with Pontiac
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BoldRide.com has fired up a new reoccurring post series that caught my attention. It’s called “Why Your Car Sucks/Rocks“, and the goal is to examine a specific automaker then discuss the reasons why said automaker rocks… and why said automaker sucks. First up, they start off light by going with a departed brand: Pontiac. Some…
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eBay: Former lion-wrangling Land Rover can be yours for less than twenty large
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Harry Shuster was the CEO of Lion County Safari, an African-themed wilderness park that operated in the Laguna Hills/Irvine area of Southern California from 1970 through 1984. What type of vehicle would you expect such a man to drive around? Why a 1970 Land Rover 109 Series 2A should fit the bill nicely. The Land…
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V.I.S.I.T. – Jeep Wagoneer
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Writing for Hooniverse often takes me to strange and dangerous places, like the parking lot of an Applebee’s. But it wasn’t the peppery smell of the 1,420 calorie Applebee’s Quesadilla Burger, or the tangy aroma of the 1,340 calorie Cheeseburger Sliders with Applewood Smoked Bacon that drew me there, delicious though they may be. Rather,…
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Truck Thursday – Jeep Comanche Edition
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Aloha and greetings from O’ahu. While I make it a point to check the Hooniverse at least once a day while I’m on vacation, I haven’t had much time to do a lot of writing, between snorkeling, eating, going to luaus, eating, burning my white hide on the beach, eating, watching the surfers at the…
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2013 Rolex24 at Daytona: The Post Race Parade
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So as this olelongrooffan has been listening, albeit from a distance, to those NASCAR stock cars roar around the Daytona International Speedway this past week or so. I knew time was rapidly running out for my Rolex24 posts and I have been hustling trying to get the last ones up. I am nothing if not…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Car’s Nation of Origin Do You Find Most Incongruous?
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Last November at the LA Auto Show, I was discussing with a Ford engineer the origins of the upcoming Transit Connect consumer van. He said that the new van – set for a US debut late in the year – will be built in Valencia, Spain. That’s in contrast to the current, primarily commercial edition, which…
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Last Call- That's How My Mom Rolls Edition
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Cruisin’ down the diamond in my twenty-oh-four, jockin’ the bitches, slappin’ the hoes. . . Image: ©2013 Robert Emslie, All Rights Reserved